Thu May 19, 2005, 07:31am
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
Quote:
Originally posted by gsf23
But, EVERYONE knows that if a fly ball is caught, it is an out. I don't see how calling "foul" has any affect on the play. Are you, and FED, saying that saying "Foul" on a ball in the air is going to confuse baserunners?!?
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It might.
R1 stealing on the pitch. Ball is hit in the air near the foul line. Umpire calls "foul". R1 never sees the ball, but slows down (as you said you'd do when you heard the call), and walks back to first only to find that F3 is holding the ball on the base.
If you don't kill the ball on the "foul" call, how many outs do you have?
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bob,
Does Fed baseball offer any reasoning for changes like they do in other sports?
Why is spirit and intent omitted from those books?
mick
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